Bryan's Shearwater

Puffinus bryani Pyle, Welch & Fleischer, RC, 2011

Bryan's Shearwater, Puffinus bryani, is a seabird of the Pacific Ocean, breeding on Higashi-jima in the northern Bonin Islands off far south-east Japan and ranging north of the Bonin Islands and in waters south of Kyushu when not breeding. It is a shearwater in the family Procellariidae. It was described in 2011 by Pyle, Welch and Fleischer. A breeding colony was found on Higashijima in 2015. The bird was first collected in 1963 and later shown by DNA work to be distinct from a similar species. It is named for Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Order

Procellariiformes

Family

Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels

Breeding range

Pacific Ocean: Higashi-jima (n Bonin=Ogasawara Is., far se Japan)

Nonbreeding range

to n of Bonin Is. (=Ogasawara Is.; waters s of Kyushu)